Plant Details

Accepted name:: Peperomia alata Ruiz & Pav. [Piperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anís	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
anís del monte	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Plant		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Micropiper alatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Miq. Comm. Phytogr.: 52 (1840).
Peperomia alata var. angustifolia C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 418 (1869).
Peperomia alata var. pterocaulis (Miq.) C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 418 (1869).
Peperomia laevis C.DC. J. Bot. 4: 139 (1866).
Peperomia microreticulata Steyerm. Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 26: 412 (1966).
Peperomia nilssonii Yunck. Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 23: 64 (1962).
Peperomia pterocaulis Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 86 (1843).
Peperomia pterocaulis var. filispica Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 28 (1926).
Peperomia pterocaulis f. filispica Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 20 (1926).
Peperomia pterocaulis var. palmamochana Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 20 (1926).
Peperomia pterocaulis f. stipiticarpa Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 20 (1926).
Peperomia velloziana Miq. Linnaea 20: 122 (1847), nom. illeg.
Piper alatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl Enum. Pl. 1: 342 (1804).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Peperomia alata Ruiz & Pav.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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